[SOLVED] lxc and 'exclude-path' in /etc/vzdump.conf

[ojaksch]

It seems to me that backing up a lxc excludes some paths per default as mentioned, but not explicit called, in [1]. But in my opinion excluding /var/log/* MAY be a bad idea as this excludes everything - although some programs are expecting existing log paths after restoring, apache2 for example (at least in "jessie").
So I tried [3] one after one to override this behaviour in /etc/vzdump.conf by setting "exclude-path" as mentioned in [2] but it won't work as expected. Backup still does it's job but the "stdexcludes" still apply.

Did I miss something here?

[1] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Manual:_vzdump
[2] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/VZDump
[3] exclude-path: "/tmp/?*" "/var/tmp/?*" "/var/run/?*"
exclude-path: "/tmp/.+" "/var/tmp/.+" "/var/run/.+pid"
exclude-path: "/tmp/" "/var/tmp/" "/var/run/"

 

[fabian]

stdexcludes and exclude-path are two separate options. if you set "stdexcludes: 0" in the config file, the default excludes will be disabled. if you set exclude-path(s), paths matching those definitions will be excluded. one does not affect the other.

 

[ojaksch]

Ah, I see. Great! It is working now. Thank you very much!
Is it correct that the parameter stdexcludes is missing in the default vzdump.conf ? My setup is based on the 4.0 ISO and I haven't this parameter...

BTW: Got'nt a notification about your answer yesterday. No entry in mail logs. Haven't changed my profile since last posts where notification worked...strange.

 

[fabian]

Yes, I just updated the default vzdump.conf so the next installer ISO should have the two missing parameters.